HAVANA -- Cuba registered 88 cases and two deaths from COVID-19 over the past day, bringing the total to 963,090 confirmed infections and 8,309 fatalities, the Ministry of Public Health (Minsap) reported on Sunday.

Minsap said that 549 people were currently hospitalized with the disease, the lowest figure in months. (Cuba-COVID-19-Cases)

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HOUSTON -- The World Petroleum Congress, the largest triennial gathering for the industry, kicked off Sunday in Houston, the largest city of south central U.S. state Texas, amid the shadow of the fast-spreading Omicron variant of COVID-19 and the uncertainty of global economic activity and energy consumption.

Topics include the role of U.S. oil and gas in global energy markets, shale revolution, digital evolution of oil industry, energy transition from oil, gas and coal to wind, solar and other clean technologies, and a future vision and perception of the industry at large, according to the organizers. (U.S.-World Petroleum Congress)

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BRUSSELS -- Thousands of demonstrators marched in the streets of Brussels on Sunday to protest against the government's latest strict measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Twenty people were reported to have been arrested, according to the police, and four demonstrators and two police officers were injured in the clash.

Roughly 8,000 people took part in Sunday's demonstration, according to police estimate. (Belgium-Protest-COVID-19)

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MOGADISHU -- Twenty soldiers from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Somali National Army (SNA) have wrapped up their four-day training aimed at sharpening skills on intelligence gathering crucial for degrading al-Shabab terrorists in the country.

The AU mission said Sunday the training on gathering and sharing of information was meant to deepen collaboration in conducting joint military operations against terrorists in Somalia. (Somalia-Security-Training) Enditem

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